Shrewsbury Town Council elections

Elections to the Shrewsbury Town Council in Shropshire, England are conducted every four years, coinciding with the Shropshire Council elections. The Shrewsbury civil parish governed by the council consists of 17 wards each returning one councillor.

Shrewsbury Town Council
Year Lab Con Lib Dem Green Ref
2009 3 12 2 0 N/A
2010* 4 11 2 0 N/A
2012* 4 10 3 0 N/A
2013 7 5 5 0 N/A
2017 7 6 3 1 N/A
2021 7 2 6 2 0
2025 4 0 10 2 1
The changing political make-up of the town council.
* = by-election

Shrewsbury Town Council election 2025

The fifth elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 1 May 2025.[1]

Summary

Shrewsbury Town Council Election, 2025
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 10 5 0 5 8,158
  Labour 4 0 3 3 4,350
  Reform UK 1 1 1 4,275
  Green 2 2 0 2,889
  Conservative 0 0 2 2 1,674
  Independent 0 0 0 436
  Heritage 0 0 0 12
  Total 21,794

Full Results

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Daniels 862 48.32
Green Naomi Ruth Yates 86 5.94 New
Reform UK Stuart Peter Phelps 323 18.11 New
Labour Luke Alexander Cullen 263 14.74
Conservative Matthew Charles Stone 228 12.78
Green Aidan Samuel Oliver Brockel 108 6.05
Majority
Turnout 39.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bagley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Benedict John Alexander Jephcott 734 50.66
Reform UK David Gerrard Geran 399 27.54 New
Labour Paul David Hollington 230 15.87
Green Naomi Ruth Yates 86 5.94 New
Majority
Turnout 39.20
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Battlefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Harry Hancock-Davies 336 32.37 New
Liberal Democrats Katarzyna Fejfer 281 27.07
Green Christopher Paul Davenport 237 22.83 New
Conservative Rebecca Alice Wall* 127 12.24
Labour John Howard Turnbull 57 5.49
Majority
Turnout 33.60
Reform UK gain from Conservative Swing
Belle Vue
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mary Kate Halliday* 827 55.73
Reform UK Norman James Brown 278 18.73 New
Conservative Alexander George Phillips 144 9.7
Green Alexandra Katherine Biggs 118 7.95
Liberal Democrats William John Daniel Read 117 7.88
Majority
Turnout 44
Labour hold Swing
Bicton Heath (renamed from Bowbrook)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Tandy 994 73.74
Green Giles St John Fancourt Bell 153 11.35 New
Labour Wynn Davies 201 14.91
Majority
Turnout 37.40
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Neil Moseley* 563 33.91
Joe Elliott George Dyas 171 17.7
Green Carlos Terol Marrero 120 12.42
Liberal Democrats Matthew David Hamilton Clark 112 11.59
Majority
Turnout 29.20
Labour hold Swing
Column
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rosemary Lucy Winifred Dartnall* 453 33.91
Conservative Freddie John Anderson 335 25.07
Reform UK Maria Joanna Barbara Felton 314 23.5
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Dennis Kenneth Moore 163 12.2
Green Diane Louise Monether 71 5.31
Majority
Turnout 43.10
Labour hold Swing
Copthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Michael Wilson* 943 55.47
Reform UK Gareth Bowles 292 17.18
Conservative Jeffrey John Anderson 249 14.65
Labour Harry Taylor 131 7.71
Green Christopher James Houlston 85 5
Majority
Turnout 43.10
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Harlescott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rhys Gratton 335 39.79
Reform UK Gwendoline Laura Wellings 282 33.49 New
Labour Co-op Elizabeth Anne Addams 138 16.39
Conservative Stanley Wilkinson 48 5.7
Green April Elizabeth Evans 39 4.63
Majority
Turnout 26.20
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Meole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bernard Bentick* 887 63.27
Reform UK Lee David Gough 315 22.47
Labour Edith Caroline Leake 129 9.2
Green Peter John Gilbert 71 5.06
Majority
Turnout 41.90
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Monkmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Slawomir Adam Fejfer 603 50.08
Reform UK Paul Clifford Felton 310 25.75
Labour Pamela Ann Moseley* 252 20.93
Green Julia Louise Kaldewey Evans 39 3.24
Majority
Turnout 36.70
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Oteley and Reabrook (renamed from Sutton and Reabrook)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Victoria Jane Moore 484 40.98
Reform UK Tobias Charles Cowell 323 27.35
Labour Philip John Gillam* 232 19.64
Conservative Rebecca Ann Nuttall 105 8.89
Green Andrew John Charles Normand 37 3.13
Majority
Turnout 34.90
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Porthill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Julian David Geoffrey Dean* 800 54.05
Liberal Democrats Graham James Tate 289 19.53
Philip Leslie Bailey 265 17.91
Labour Mark Austin Hayward 126 8.51
Majority
Turnout 40.20
Green hold Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alexander Simon Wagner 623 57.42
Reform UK Anthony Paterson 183 16.87
Labour Robert Henry Saunders 128 11.8
Conservative Peter Michael Adams 77 7.1
Green Bibbs Mavis Christine Tomaszewski 74 6.82
Majority
Turnout 32.70
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Radbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Emma Daisy Micklewright 754 50.95
Reform UK Michael John Avery 305 20.61
Conservative Saiful Hussain Chowdhury 215 14.53
Liberal Democrats Richard Paul Murphy 112 7.57
Labour Rhiannon Jarman 94 6.35
Majority
Turnout 41.70
Green hold Swing
Sundorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin John Pardy* 356 39.12
Reform UK Amanda Jane Duncan 354 38.9
Conservative Jeremy George Nuttall 73 8.02
Liberal Democrats Edward Barry Wagner 71 7.8
Green Judith Mary Savage 44 4.84
Heritage Ian Goddard 12 1.32
Majority
Turnout 26.30
Labour hold Swing
Underdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Vasmer* 548 49.59
Reform UK Martin Edward Leslie Oakley 261 23.62
Labour James David Turnbull 170 15.38
Conservative Kenneth Michael Vine 73 6.61
Green Barry Hutchinson 53 4.8
Majority
Turnout 32.60
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
*Incumbent councillor seeking re-election

Shrewsbury Town Council election 2021

The fourth elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 6 May 2021.[2]

Summary

Shrewsbury Town Council Election, 2021
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 7
  Conservative 2
  Liberal Democrats 6
  Green 2
  Reform UK 0
  Total

Full Results

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
Green
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Bagley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Liberal Democrats
Labour
Independent
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Battlefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Belle Vue
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Bowbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Column
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Copthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Harlescott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Elisabeth Anne Roberts 367 43.95
Conservative Jeffrey John Anderson 354 42.4
Green Matthew James Galliers 66 7.9
Liberal Democrats Artur Fejfer 48 5.75
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Meole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Monkmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Porthill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Radbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Sundorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Sutton and Reabrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing
Underdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Labour
UKIP
Majority
Turnout
Swing

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2017

The third elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 4 May 2017, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council.[3]

The Conservatives gained Bagley from the Liberal Democrats while the Greens gained Porthill, its first seat on Shrewsbury Town Council, also from the Liberal Democrats. That left Labour with 7 seats, the Conservatives with 6, the Liberal Democrats with 3 and the Green Party with 1.

Summary

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2017
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 7 - 6,264
  Conservative 6 +1 7,553
  Liberal Democrats 3 -2 3,919
  Green 1 1 0 +1 1,603
  UKIP 0 - 387
  Total 19,726

All wards are single seat.

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Fraser 814 57.2
Conservative Georgina Alison Boulger 324 22.8
Labour Maurice McGrath 222 15.6
UKIP John Kinsey Price 63 4.4
Majority 490
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bagley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alexander George Phillips 498 38.9
Liberal Democrats Beverley Baker 417 32.6
Labour Victoria Tranter 364 28.5
Majority 81
Turnout
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Battlefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Wall 462 56.3
Labour Gianluca Cerritelli 288 35.1
Green Chris Davenport 71 8.7
Majority
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Taylor 640 42.9
Liberal Democrats Daniel Adam Clark 430 28.8
Conservative Simon James Wray 344 23.0
Green Valerie Jones 79 5.3
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Bowbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Adams 723 72.4
Green Peter John Gilbert 276 27.6
Majority 447
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Mosley 906 78.7
Conservative Robert Osborne 184 16.0
UKIP Sylvia Loosley 61 5.3
Majority 722
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Column
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Mackenzie 566 51.2
Conservative Janine Hayter 465 42.1
UKIP Frank James Henry Burgess 74 6.7
Majority 101
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Copthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Nutting 768 62.6
Liberal Democrats Robert Lea 293 23.9
Green Gareth Stephen Egarr 165 13.5
Majority 475
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Harlescott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ioan Jones 561 57.7
Conservative Martin Richard Croll 319 32.8
UKIP Marino Bernardo Pacini 92 9.5
Majority 242
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Meole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Laurens 692 54.2
Labour Rod Turner 340 26.6
Liberal Democrats Slawomir Adam Fejfer 152 11.9
Green Thomas Hayek 59 4.6
UKIP Edward Arthur Higginbottom 35 2.7
Majority 352
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Monkmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pam Moseley 703 72.3
Conservative Valerie Lingen-Jones 269 27.7
Majority 434
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Porthill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Julian Dean 701 44.3
Conservative Judith McCoy 473 29.9
Liberal Democrats David Craddock 408 25.8
Majority 228
Turnout
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nat Green 730 66.7
Conservative Arlinda Ballcaj 364 33.3
Majority 366
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Radbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Roberts 787 57.0
Liberal Democrats Ian Edward Cartwright 342 24.8
Green John Patrick Newnham 190 13.8
UKIP Ray Graham 62 4.5
Majority 445
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing
Sundorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Pardy 628 76.0
Conservative Bunty Cross 198 24.0
Majority 530
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Sutton and Reabrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Philip Gillam 789 64.5
Conservative Garry David Burchett 426 35.1
Majority 363
Turnout
Labour hold Swing
Underdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Vasmer 360 39.1
Labour Peter Liebich 257 27.9
Conservative Ken Vine 257 27.9
Green Charlie Bell 62 6.7
Majority 103
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2013

The second elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 3 May 2013, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council.

Labour gained Column, Monkmoor and Sundorne from the Conservatives while the Liberal Democrats gained Bagley and Quarry and Coton Hill. The composition of the town council was subsequently 7 for Labour, 5 for the Conservatives and 5 for the Liberal Democrats. With the Conservatives losing overall control, Labour and the Liberal Democrats took control of the control.[4]

Abbey[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Fraser 744 58.1
Conservative Maria Felton 283 22.1
Labour Bill Morris 158 12.3
Green Sheila Brown 96 7.5
Majority 461
Turnout 1,298 42.87
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Bagley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Beverley Baker 374
Conservative Dean Carroll 347
Labour Co-op Ashley Vaughan-Evans 347
Majority 27
Turnout 1,084 30.29
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Battlefield[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Price 385
Labour Co-op Connor Jones 230
Majority 155
Turnout 624 21.44
Conservative hold Swing
Belle Vue[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Townsend 928
Conservative Valerie Jones 284
Majority 644
Turnout 1,226 35.77
Labour hold Swing
Bowbrook[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Adams 608
Labour Rebecca Wall 316
Majority 492
Turnout 937 31.45
Conservative hold Swing
Castlefields and Ditherington[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Mosley 928
Conservative Jennifer Hodges 110
Liberal Democrats Janine Clarke 43
Majority 818
Turnout 1,089 31.09
Labour hold Swing
Column[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jane Mackenzie 600
Conservative Jacqueline Brennand 540
Majority 60
Turnout 1,177 42.17
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Copthorne[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Nutting 697
Labour Mark Jones 283
Liberal Democrats Trudy Paula Smith 142
Majority 414
Turnout 1,139 36.26
Conservative hold Swing
Harlescott[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ioan Jones 550
Conservative Philip Sandford 306
Majority 246
Turnout 880 25.59
Labour hold Swing
Meole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kathleen Owen 688
Labour Co-op David French 467
Liberal Democrats Margaret Hamer 95
Majority 221
Turnout 1,269 39.69
Conservative hold Swing
Monkmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pam Moseley 660
Conservative Tony Durnell 319
Liberal Democrats David Grant Pennington 78
Majority 341
Turnout 1,063 31.30
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Porthill[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Chebsey 529
Conservative Saiful Chowdhury 385
Labour Amy Liebich 197
Green James Alan Whittaker 134
Majority 144
Turnout 1,262 37.35
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Quarry and Coton Hill[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Bannerman 475
Conservative Ashley Davies 286
Labour Co-op John Olaf Lewis 191
Majority 199
Turnout 963 30.61
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Radbrook[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Roberts 735
Labour Jeanette Petherbridge 505
Majority 230
Turnout 1,283 37.95
Conservative hold Swing
Sundorne[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Kevin Pardy 585
Conservative Karen Burgoyne 227
Majority 348
Turnout 828 26.14
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Sutton and Reabrook[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Tandy 899
Conservative Timothy Milsom 267
Majority 632
Turnout 1,180 40.77
Labour hold Swing
Underdale[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Miles Kenny 703
Labour Co-op Susan Batchelor 159
Conservative Robert Osborne 83
Green Ivor Yeomans 78
Majority 544
Turnout 1,034 32.41
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Shrewsbury Town Council election, 2009

The first elections to Shrewsbury Town Council were held on 4 June 2009, coinciding with elections to Shropshire Council and the European Parliament.[20]

The Conservatives won 12 seats (4 of which were uncontested), Labour won 3 and the Liberal Democrats won 2.

Abbey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 797
Labour 445
Majority 352
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Bagley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative
Conservative win (new seat)
Battlefield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 601
Labour 229
Majority 372
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Belle Vue
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Townsend 929
Conservative 678
Majority 249
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Bowbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Adams 861
Labour Charles Wilson 268
Majority 593
Turnout 50.96
Conservative win (new seat)
Castlefields and Ditherington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Mosley 857
Conservative Deborah Scollan 367
Majority 490
Turnout 41.42
Labour win (new seat)
Column
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jacqueline Brennand 850
Labour Liz Parsons 523
Majority 327
Turnout 62.74
Conservative win (new seat)
Copthorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Nutting
Conservative win (new seat)
Meole
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kath Owen
Conservative win (new seat)
Harlescott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Taggart 557 52.3
Labour Ioan Jones 509 47.7
Majority 48 4.5
Turnout 33.82
Conservative win (new seat)
Monkmoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Durnell 571
Labour Pam Moseley 570
Majority 1
Turnout 35.54
Labour win (new seat)
Porthill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Chebsey 868
Conservative Judith Williams 655
Majority 213
Turnout 48.27
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Quarry and Coton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Andrew Wagner 590
Albion Party James Grimshaw Gollins 288
Majority 302
Turnout 37.77
Conservative win (new seat)
Radbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Roberts
Conservative win (new seat)
Sundorne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dean Carroll 538
Labour Daniel Moore 392
Majority 146
Turnout 32.72
Conservative win (new seat)
Sutton and Reabrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jon Tandy 897
Conservative Mark Jones 454
Majority 443
Turnout 49.87
Labour win (new seat)
Underdale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Miles Kenny 973
Conservative David John Morgan 140
Labour Robert Allum 135
Majority 833
Turnout 42.93
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

By-elections

Abbey, 1 March 2012[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Fraser 546 45.0
Conservative Peter John Wright 544 44.8 −19.4
Green John Robert Brown 124 10.2
Majority 2 0.2
Turnout 1,233 41.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Harlescott, 24 June 2010[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ioan Jones 431 47.1 −0.6
Conservative Philip Sandford 322 35.2 −17.1
Liberal Democrats Sharon Carrington 95 10.4
BNP Karl Foulkes 57 6.2
Socialist Alternative Jake Moore 11 1.2
Majority 109 11.9
Turnout 919 26.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 8.9

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